Kite-eating tree

• Grammar warm up – write a sentence about this picture…
  • KS1: Include the word ‘because’.
  • LKS2: Begin your sentence with the word ‘because’.
  • UKS2: Use a synonym for ‘because’ and decide where to place it in your sentence.
• What has happened here?
• Why is the boy hanging from the tree?
• How does he feel? Why?
• How does the girl feel? How do you know?
• Why is she wearing ice skates but he isn’t?
• What country do you think this is in? Why?
• What might she be saying to him? [Y3 & Y4: Use this image as a stimulus for teaching speech punctuation.]
• How is he going to get down?
• What happened 5 minutes before this scene? What will happen 5 minutes after?

Credit: Tyler Carter
Peanuts concept art
www.tycarter.com